All news by author: Ashley Cowburn

The Housing Secretary's comments come over five years after the fire at the residential tower block in North Kensington, west London, in June 2017 killed 72 people and triggered a public inquiry

Rishi Sunak sacked the Tory Chairman Nadhim Zahawi on Sunday for 'serious' breaches of the ministerial code after his ethics investigator Sir Laurie Magnus's rapid report into the senior Tory MP's tax affairs

The top minister had come under intense pressure after it emerged that he had settled a multimillion tax dispute with HMRC while he was Chancellor last summer

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has earned £510,000 as an advance for an upcoming book on his time in power after signing a deal with publisher Harper Collins

The permanent secretary at the tax office Jim Harra also said HMRC would 'help with the inquiry' into the Tory Chairman 'in any way we possibly can' if requested by Rishi Sunak ethics adviser

The Labour leader blasted the Prime Minister saying he is 'overseeing chaos' and 'overwhelmed at every turn' as the Tory Chairman fights to keep his role in the Cabinet

Age UK warned people in their 50s face 'devastating consequences' over reports the Government is considering raising the retirement age to 68 as early as 2035 - but the DWP insists 'no decision' has been made

The President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Dr Adrian Boyle told MPs he is worried 'burn out will lead to burn away' with existing health service staff overwhelmed

A study researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University says firms are wasting time wrestling with 'large volumes of irrelevant job applications'

Rishi Sunak ordered a probe and admitted there were 'questions that need answering' as the Tory party Chair and former Chancellor hung onto his job for another day

At least three individuals who called the charity's emergency helpline when The Mirror visited the office had been served with Section 21 eviction notices - something the Tory Government pledged to abolish back in 2018

The former Labour Prime Minister made the remarks after Rishi Sunak proposed charging patients for missed NHS appointments in the summer and ex-Health Secretary Sajid Javid also raised the prospect of charges

In a speech on Saturday the Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves will urge the Prime Minister to pass on a recent fall in wholesale gas prices to struggling households as the cost-of-living crisis bites

The RMT union General Secretary Mick Lynch said the comments from Huw Merriman were evidence of the Government treating businesses in the pre-Christmas period as 'collateral damage'

The PM Rishi Sunak and the Business Secretary Grant Shapps have both highlighted the International Labour Organisation when defending proposals to impose 'minimum service levels' during industrial action

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has warned Rishi Sunak's Government the decision to stop the landmark reforms - a constitutional first - will 'inevitably' end up in the courts

General Secretary of the RMT Mick Lynch said negotiations with the rail operators will continue - but train driver members at 14 rail operators will strike on February 1 and 3 in the long-running dispute

The Prime Minister has only had a brief stint in Downing Street so far but he has already U-turned on major pledges made during the Tory leadership campaign

Gillian Keegan's comments came after the UK Government triggered the 'nuclear option' and blocked the landmark gender reforms passed by the Scottish Parliament in December 2022

The Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon described the move on Monday evening as a 'full-frontal attack on our democratically elected Scottish Parliament'

The Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that if the UK Government uses Section 35 of the Scotland Act to block the landmark reforms it would be showing 'complete contempt' for Holyrood

The Public and Commercial Services union warned the Tory Government the major action will impact public services including benefits, passports, driving tests and airports

The Tories' chief whip Simon Hart said the MP had caused 'great offence', adding: 'The vaccine is the best defence against Covid that we have. Misinformation about the vaccine causes harm and costs lives.'

In a damning verdict of the Tories' time in office, the homelessness charity Shelter said the number of people living in temporary accommodation has rocketed by 74% in the last 10 years

The bleak analysis from the Resolution Foundation think tank suggests the typical household will see their disposable incomes fall by £2,100 over a two-year period